Ecclesiastes 12:12

12 My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making ^umany books there is no end, and ^vmuch study is a weariness of the flesh.

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1 Kings 4:32–33
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.

Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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